Editing Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (section)

==In popular culture==
The American science fiction television drama series [[For All Mankind (TV series)|''For All Mankind'']], referenced the flight in season 2, episode 7, by adding [[NASA]] [[Administrator of NASA|Administrator]] [[Thomas O. Paine]] as a passenger on the flight. Characters suggest various explanations for the downing, including the spy plane theory (as the plane was flying over the launch site of [[Buran (spacecraft)|Buran]] in the series), or alternatively positioning him as the root target that led to the downing of the flight, in the show's alternate depiction of how the [[Space Race]] could have gone.

[[Lee Greenwood]] wrote the song "[[God Bless the USA]]" in response to his feelings about the shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007.<ref name="GodBlessTheUSA">{{cite web|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1993-05-23/news/9305220478_1_mclin-bless-the-usa-god-bless|title=Lake Woman Co-Authors Story Behind "God Bless the U.S.A."|author=Campbell, Ramsey|date=May 23, 1993|access-date=July 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://countryrebel.com/veteran-leads-god-bless-the-usa-singalong-on-flight-home-from-the-inauguration/|title=Veteran Leads "God Bless The USA" Singalong On Flight Home From The Inauguration|author=Hlavaty, Craig|date=February 12, 2013|publisher=Houston Press|access-date=February 19, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/lee-greenwood-on-god-bless-the-usa-ive-sung-it-at-least-5-000-times-6505429|title=Lee Greenwood on "God Bless the USA": "I've Sung It at Least 5,000 Times"|author=Tubbs, Amanda|date=January 23, 2025|publisher=Country Rebel|access-date=February 19, 2025}}</ref> Greenwood stated in the book ''God Bless the USA'' (written by himself and Gwen McLin) that the song's lyrics flowed naturally from the music as an honest reflection of his pride to be American.<ref name="GodBlessTheUSA"/>

In November 1983, [[KGO-TV]] in San Francisco aired an advertisement for an upcoming news special report titled "Green Street Reds", about suspicious activities at the Soviet consulate. In the ad, they depicted [[Santa Claus]] and his reindeer being shot down by a Soviet missile.<ref name="Reaction Ad">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Angry Reaction to Santa Ad|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1988&dat=19831112&id=_UIiAAAAIBAJ&pg=1997,1287641|newspaper=[[Argus-Press]]|location=Owosso, Michigan|date=November 16, 1983|agency=Associated Press|access-date=November 28, 2013}}</ref> The advertisement was produced by [[Richard Williams (animator)|Richard Williams Animation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut3OpRzYOJY|title=Richard Williams Ads - Channel 7 Santa, Pere Dodu|date=August 8, 2010|publisher=YouTube|access-date=February 19, 2025}}</ref> Angry parents complained to KGO about the poor impression the image of Santa's death made upon young children.<ref name="Reaction Ad"/>

In 1984, a song about Flight 007 was featured on the [[Gary Moore]] album ''[[Victims of the Future]]'' under the title "Murder in the Skies".

In 1989, HBO released the film ''[[Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy]]'', with Michael Moriarty, Michael Murphy, Chris Sarandon, and Harris Yulin, about the case of Korean Air Lines flight 007.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Stark|url=http://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-tailspin-behind-the-korean-airliner-tragedy-vol-32-no-8/|title=Picks and Pans Review: Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy|publisher=People.com|date=1989-08-21|accessdate=2025-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/477007/tailspin-behind-the-korean-airliner-tragedy|title=Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (1989) - Overview|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|date=|access-date=2025-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Sandra Brennan|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/tailspin-behind-the-korean-airliner-tragedy-v66968|title=Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (1989) - David Darlow|publisher=AllMovie|date=|accessdate=2025-02-19}}</ref>

The disaster was referenced several times in the 1991 thriller film ''[[A Kiss Before Dying (1991 film)|A Kiss Before Dying]].''

The story of the disaster was featured on the ninth season of [[Cineflix]] television show ''[[Mayday (Canadian TV series)|Mayday]]'' in the episode entitled "Target Is Destroyed" (S09E05).<ref>{{Citation|title=Mayday - Air Crash Investigation (S01-S22)|url=http://archive.org/details/mayday-aci|access-date=2024-02-16}}</ref>

The shootdown was depicted in the 2024 biographical film ''[[Reagan (2024 film)|Reagan]]''.